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BlueLight Presents to US Military

  • Jan 16, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Halifax-based BlueLight Analytics, whose technology ensures dentists apply the right amount of energy when curing resin-based fillings, released the following press release on Wednesday:

 BlueLight Analytics Inc. recruited to present its

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Smart Skin Raises $3.9M in VC Funds

  • Jan 15, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Fredericton-based Smart Skin Technologies has landed $3.9 million in venture capital and angel funding to ramp up sales and development of its pressure-sensitive product that improves the manufacturing process of beverage makers.

The company

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Resolution Adds Products, Targets Asia

  • Jan 14, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Having recently closed funding and international distribution deals, Resolution Optics Inc. of Halifax is conducting research and development projects on fascinating new products that will help to develop the holographic microscope maker on an

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InNetwork Chosen for CDMN Program

  • Jan 13, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Already working with some of the world’s leading advertisers, Halifax-based InNetwork has been selected to participate in the Canadian Digital Media Network’s Outbound Soft-Landing Program. 

The influence marketing company – which helps brands

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Press Release: ACOA Funds Somru

  • Jan 13, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency on Friday announced it is providing more than $200,000 in financing to Somru BioScience of Charlottetown. The following is the press release issued by the agency:

 

Emerging Biotechnology Company Looks

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Spark Cape Breton Contest Launched

  • Jan 10, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

With the provincewide I-3 tech startup competition already in full swing, a new competition is being launched solely for startups in Cape Breton and the Mulgrave area.

Enterprise Cape Breton Corp., the Economic and Rural Development and Tourism

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HotSpot Parking’s New CRM Function

  • Jan 09, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Phillip Curley walked into a Fredericton Tim Hortons last week bearing a big smile and a handful of blue plastic chips that he had just received in the mail.

The chips, each about the size of a loonie, were Bluetooth low energy devices. Curley

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Swapskis Building Female Community

  • Jan 07, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

Katelyn Bourgoin had such huge belief in her plans for a bartering website that she bartered with service providers to get it built.

Bourgoin, the head of the Halifax marketing firm RedRiot Communications, had a vision about a year ago for a

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Makerspace Halifax Seeks New Home

  • Jan 06, 2014
  • Carol Moreira

As a tenant of Halifax’s historic Roy Building, which will be replaced by a new building this year, Halifax Makerspace Society is looking for fresh accommodation. The fledgling group of creators needs a space large enough to accommodate a growing

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Pushing the Limits with Drones

  • Jan 03, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

For about a decade, Siu O’Young has been wrestling with a problem: How can unmanned aircraft — commonly known as drones — fly safely in a sky filled with aircraft?

A native of Hong Kong, O’Young is a professor at Memorial University of

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Pixel Eyes Crowdfunding Campaign

  • Jan 02, 2014
  • Peter Moreira

When Ian Earle encountered a common problem with his digital camera last year, he had no idea it would lead to a business that helps chip-truck owners and street vendors.

The third-year computer science student at Dalhousie University has teamed

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Kicking Off 2014 with Techvibes

  • Dec 31, 2013
  • Carol and Peter Moreira

We want to wish a Happy New Year to all our readers, and close out 2013 by drawing your attention to the Techvibes home page. There you’ll find Entrevestor’s wrapup of the year – the first of what we hope will be frequent Entrevestor posts on

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